Thomas Parran was an American physician and Public Health Service officer. He was appointed the sixth Surgeon General of the United States from 1936 to 1948.
Thomas Parran, Jr., photo portrait as surgeon general
Hugh S. Cumming
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Hugh Smith Cumming was an American physician and soldier. He served as the fifth Surgeon General of the United States from 1920 to 1936. The Tuskegee syphilis experiment began under his term in 1932 a
Thomas Parran (surgeon general)
…drafted the Social Security Act of 1935; Title VI authorized millions for public health departments and for biomedical research. After Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming's term, President Roosevelt appointed Parran as Surgeon General of the United States; he was sworn in on 6 April 1936. Parran's syphilis control campaign…
Hugh S. Cumming